Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-06-11

sMors, deary-on my back said tho
cook, .jest below the shoulder blade.
@The Colonel, num-" said Maria, the
maid, looking in at the door, 3and would
remind. you it's getting late"
eco, auntie, said Ethel.
Mrs. Fleming lifted hands and eyes to
heaven, but remarked: IF you are not
going might as we'll take your Iarechal
Mel roses with black velvet, might mix
them with the Jacques, and You can't have
too many flowers this winter.s
The carriage rolled away; they were
gone.
At the hour when fashionable dinner
goers return home Mrs. Fleming reap
peared. She looked very much as though
the Colonel had been saying sweet things
to her, and she was very amiable.
@Pm SO sorry for you, dear, she said to
Ethel, @but 1 think the cleaners can take
the spots out; or, when it doesn't smell so.
black lace or a new side breadth might be
bought. Where is cook?"
an bed, asleep" said Ethel, looking
very bright and sweet. @And the doctor
has put her to sleep with some little pills,
and
| II never thought that peach.colored
| wrapper SO becoming, said Mrs. Fleming.
Cor have you grown prettier2 Was the
IMMINENT the elixir of youth? Oh, the
doctor! What doctor did you send for?"
II didn't send. He came of his own ac-
cord. thought you had sent him, said
Ethel.
mo, had not time, said Mrs. Fleming.
| @By the way, you didn't lose much of DR..
Lsramie's society. he went out-called
| away, his mother said. So-well-you
laugh so at nothing. told him you were
ministering to an aged and faithful servant.
We have had cook year, and think she's
honest. Welll"
Il hadn't quite finished, auntie," said
Ethel. aThe doctor was DR.. Laramie. He
said he had heard how was detained"
"Yes2" cried Mrs. Fleming, breathlessly.
aWhy, what is that on your fnger-a ring?"
1T is DR.. Laramie's ring" said Ethel.
ave are engaged. He loves me, auntie,
and as soon as he told me so I knew that I
loved him."
"Of all artful creatures!" cried Mrs.
Fleming; "but you have done it, and am
| content"
aFate did il" said Ethel; but this her
aunt has never been quite brought to be-
| ieve.
The death of Thomas Wight of Otis
field "the most eccentric man in
Maine," and several short sketches of
his life which have appeared in the To-
cal papers and been extensively copied,
have aroused public interest in most
singular man, says the Boston Globe.
His usual dress consisted of trousers
and loose frock of homespun gray,
ornamented with great patches of glar-
ing red flannel In summer, home
made straw hat with half the rim of,
dilapidated mocasins, and large,
coarse rope tied around his waist COM
pleted his singular costume. In win.
ter, huge cloth cap with ear-laps,
always tied closely under his chin, took
the place of the old straw hat of sum.
mer. When at home he always wore q
dingy nightcap, with large black
patch upon it. At the table his eccen-
tricities were very marked. He would
make furious dives for his favorite
dishes, and as soon as he got what he
wanted upon his plate would turn his
back to the table and those around it,
and, taking the plate of food in his lap,
devonr the contents greedily. After
emptying his plate he would take a
slice of bread, coat it literally with
butter, md, going to the fireplace,
sprinkle handful of warm ashes upon
it. Then he would eat the bread, ashes
and all, with great relish. Ashes were
his specific for almost all diseases. He
claimed that if folk would eat half a
pint of hardwood ashes every day they
would seldom be sick, and would live
much longer than at present. As he
himself ate his half pint of ashes every
day and lived to be 80 years old,
scarcely knowing days illness in his
life, there may be some ground for his
strange medical theory.
The catch of herring in Taunton
River, Massachusetts,, was so great this |
season that prices are lower now than |
they have ever been in the history of the |
industry. Now the fish are barreled as
soon as caught and shipped TO- Boston
and other places to msckerel fishermen,
who use them for bait.
Food makes Blood and Blood makes Beau
~. Improper digestion Of food necessarily |
produces bad blood, resulting in . feeling Of |
fuilness in the stomach, acidity, heartburn,
nick headache, and other dyspeptic symp-
Toms. A closely confined life causes indi.
gestion, constipation, biliousness and loss
Of appetite. To remove these troubles there
is no remedy equal to Priokly Ash Bitters.
It has been tried and proven to be specific.
"A hen owned by w. p. Miller, of West
Side, Pa, recently laid an egg that was 6H
inches long and So inches around.